GREATER MANCHESTER WOMEN'S SUPPORT ALLIANCE

Registered charity 1189924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects for which the Charity is established are to promote for the benefit of the public in GreaterManchester the provision of services and support to females with multiple and complex needs, with a viewto the preservation and protection of the well-being of such females and the preservation of public order(the Objects).

Objects

4.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF FEMALES IN GREATER MANCHESTER THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO FEMALES WITH MULTIPLE AND COMPLEX NEEDS, WITH A VIEW TO THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE WELLBEING OF SUCH FEMALES AND THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER (THE OBJECTS). 4.2 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARTICLE 4.1, "FEMALES WITH MULTIPLE AND COMPLEX NEEDS" SHALL MEAN THOSE WHO ARE: (I) AT RISK OF OFFENDING; (II) SERVING A PRISON SENTENCE; (III) TRANSITIONING FROM A YOUTH OFFENDING TEAM TO PROBATION; (IV) LEAVING CARE; (V) KNOWN TO LOCAL AND NATIONAL TARGETED FAMILY INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES; (VI) KNOWN TO LOCAL OR NATIONAL PROGRAMMES WHICH CO-ORDINATE OR PROVIDE EARLY HELP SERVICES, PROVIDING FEMALES WITH HELP AND SUPPORT IN TIMES OF NEED (VII) EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES; (VIII) VICTIMS OF ABUSE; OR (IX) IN ANY OTHER CHARITABLE NEED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO POVERTY, SOCIAL ISOLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £33,266 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,391,226 and total expenditure of £1,357,960. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £197,072, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover operational costs within their stated policy target of three to six months. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12312174

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — GMWSA (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• EAMES, Nicola Louise — director, appointed 24/07/2025on trustee list
• ALLEN, Michelle — director, appointed 24/07/2025on trustee list
• WAUGH, Tegan Olivia — director, appointed 22/01/2025on trustee list
• KELLY, Lynn — director, appointed 22/01/2025on trustee list
• LENZ, Serena Angelica Marie — director, appointed 22/01/2025on trustee list
• BARLOW, Lynn — director, appointed 16/10/2024on trustee list
• GUY, Nicole — director, appointed 10/04/2024on trustee list
• BAGLEY, David John — director, appointed 15/02/2023on trustee list
• FRASER, Catherine Fattori — director, appointed 15/02/2023on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Fattori Fraser
• DAVID JOHN BAGLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lynn Barlow
• Lynn Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michelle Allen
• NICOLE GUY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Louise Eames
• Serena Angelica Marie Lenz
• Tegan Olivia Waugh

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR'S CHARITY CIO.

• GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR'S CHARITY CIO income £577k
• MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS income £13.5m
• MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CENTRAL income £2.2m
• CITIZENS ADVICE MANCHESTER income £8.3m
• GREATER MANCHESTER LAW CENTRE income £603k
• MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £154k

Side by side with its peers

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